23 Mind-Blowing Photos That Prove Olympic Athletes Are Superhuman

This year’s Olympic games have had us glued to our TV screens – and it’s not just because team GB is swimming in medals.

Oh no, we’ve been marvelling at some of the jaw-dropping feats of athleticism performed by this year’s Olympians – from Simone Biles’ powerful gymnastics routine to Aisen Chen and Yue Lin’s unfaltering synchronised dive.

It doesn’t matter where they’re from, how old they are or even whether they’re male or female, these people are proving that with the right training and dedication, anyone can be a superhuman.

Simone Biles 19 (USA), Women’s Gymnastics Beam

Reuters

Michael Phelps 31 (USA), Men’s 200m Butterfly Final

Coppel/Newspix/REX/Shutterstock

Yang Wang 16 (CHN), Women’s Gymnastics Beam

DDP USA/REX/Shutterstock

Xiang Yanmei 24 (CHN), Women’s Weightlifting

DDP USA/REX/Shutterstock

Anqi Xu 24 (CHN) And Simona Pop 27 (ROU), Fencing

DDP USA/REX/Shutterstock

Manrique Larduet 20 (CUB), Men’s Gymnastics Rings

Ramalho/AGIF/REX/Shutterstock

Fabio Basile 21 (ITA), Men’s 66kg Judo Final

Getty Images

Aisen Chen 20 and Yue Lin 25 (CHN), Men’s Synchronized 10m Platform

de Paula/AGIF/REX/Shutterstock

Nicolas Laprovittola 26 (ARG), Men’s Basketball

REUTERS

Hannah Mills 28 (GBR), Women’s Sailing 470 Class

DDP USA/REX/Shutterstock

Basketball presentation during interval between Spain and the United States